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European multicentre study on outcome of surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism
BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 Some 5861 patients undergoing first‐time surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism were registered in the Eurocrine® database between 2015 and 2018. The use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement decreased the risk of conversion and persistent hypercalcaemia.
A. Bergenfelz +3 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Objective To compare clinical and health economic outcomes after manubrium-limited mini-sternotomy (intervention) and conventional median sternotomy (usual care).Design A single-blind, randomised controlled trial.Setting Single centre UK National Health ...
Enoch Akowuah +7 more
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Faulty sternotomy and complications after median sternotomy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1988 In 11 of 55 patients with complications of median sternotomy, a paramedian sternotomy has been detected by computed tomography or at reparative operation. The thin side of the sternum is easily broken by the closing wires, this being the cause of instability and probably dehiscence and consequent infection and osteomyelitis.
R, Shafir +5 more
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Recurrent Bilateral Breast Abscesses after Sternotomy
Case Reports in Surgery, 2012 Median sternotomy is the most commonly used incision in cardiothoracic procedures. Development of breast abscess after sternotomy is a very rare situation.
Hamza Cinar +6 more
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2011 Purpose A retrospective study to evaluate the effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy on sternal infection and osteomyelitis following median sternotomy.
Lien Te-Cheng +5 more
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Journal of Chest Surgery, 2021 Extensive thoracic aortic disease involving the ascending aorta, the aortic arch, and the descending thoracic aorta may require multiple surgical and interventional managements, which impose a burden in terms of cumulative surgical trauma and the risk ...
Joon Young Kim +2 more
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Mechanism of sternotomy dehiscence [PDF]
Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2014 Biomechanical modelling of the forces acting on a median sternotomy can explain the mechanism of sternotomy dehiscence, leading to improved closure techniques.Chest wall forces on 40 kPa coughing were measured using a novel finite element analysis (FEA) ellipsoid chest model, based on average measurements of eight adult male thoracic computerized ...
Casha, Aaron +7 more
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Acta Medica Lituanica, 2013 Sternal dehiscence is a serious complication after general thoracic and cardiac surgery. Sternal resuturing, performed by simple rewiring or technical modification of rewiring, can fail overall when the bone quality is poor or the sternum is completely ...
Ričardas Janilionis +4 more
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Maximal Thymectomy via Mini Sternotomy with Pleural Preservation
South Asian Journal of Cancer, 2022 Gaurav Patel Background There are different surgical techniques used for maximal thymectomy. Each technique has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Gaurav Patel +2 more
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Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2018 Background: Good postoperative analgesia in cardiac surgical patients helps in early recovery and ambulation. An alternative to parenteral, paravertebral, and thoracic epidural analgesia can be pectoralis nerve (Pecs) block, which is novel, less invasive
Karthik Narendra Kumar +8 more
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